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Jesus, tender Shepherd, hear me

Author: Mary Lundie Duncan Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 471 hymnals Scripture: John 11:10 Lyrics: 1 Jesus, tender Shepherd, hear me, Bless thy little lamb tonight; Through the darkness be thou near me, Keep me safe till morning light. 2 All this day thy hand has led me, And I thank thee for thy care; Thou hast cloth'd me, warmed and fed me, Listen to my ev'ning pray'r. 3 Let my sins be all forgiven; Bless the friends I love so well; Take me, when I die, to heaven, Happy there with thee to dwell. Amen. Topics: Christ Love and Grace of; Christ Shepherd Used With Tune: BROCKLESBURY

Low in the Grave He Lay

Author: Robert Lowry Appears in 421 hymnals Scripture: John 11:28 Refrain First Line: Up from the grave he arose Topics: Jesus Christ Resurrection and Exaltation Used With Tune: CHRIST AROSE

Weeping for sinners

Author: Benjamin Beddome Appears in 420 hymnals Scripture: John 11:35 First Line: Did Christ o'er sinners weep? Lyrics: 1 Did Christ o'er sinners, weep, And shall our cheeks be dry? Let floods of penitential grief Burst forth from every eye. 2 The Son of God in tears Angels with wonder see; Be thou astonished, O my soul! He shed those tears for thee. 3 He wept that we might weep; Each sin demands a tear: In heaven alone no sin is found, And there's no weeping there. Topics: Access to God; Christ Weeping Used With Tune: OWEN

While Jesus Whispers to You (Come, Sinner, Come)

Author: W. E. Witter Meter: 7.4.7.4 D Appears in 401 hymnals Scripture: John 11:28 First Line: While Jesus whispers to you Lyrics: 1 While Jesus whispers to you, Come, sinner, come! While we are praying for you, Come, sinner, come! Now is the time to own Him, Come, sinner, come! Now is the time to know Him, Come, sinner, come! 2 Are you too heavy laden! Come, sinner, come! Jesus will bear your burden, Come, sinner, come! Jesus will not deceive you, Come, sinner, come! Jesus can now redeem you, Come, sinner, come! 3 Oh, hear His tender pleading, Come, sinner, come! Come and receive the blessing, Come, sinner, come! While Jesus whispers to you, Come, sinner, come! While we are praying for you, Come, sinner, come! Topics: The Christian Life Call to Discipleship Used With Tune: COME, SINNER, COME

Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain

Author: John of Damascus, ca. 696-ca. 754; John M. Neale, 1818-1866 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 379 hymnals Scripture: John 11:25 Lyrics: 1 Come, ye faithful, raise the strain Of triumphant gladness; God hath brought His Israel Into joy from sadness; Loosed from Pharoah's bitter yoke Jacob's sons and daughters; Led them with unmoistened foot Through the Red Sea waters. 2 'Tis the spring of souls today; Christ hath burst His prison, And from three days' sleep in death As a sun hath risen; All the winter of our sins, Long and dark, is flying From His light, to whom we give Laud and praise undying. 3 Now the queen of seasons, bright With the day of splendor, With the royal feast of feasts, Comes its joy to render; Comes to glad Jerusalem, Who with true affection Welcomes in unwearied strains Jesus' resurrection. 4 Neither might the gates of death, Nor the tomb’s dark portal, Nor the watchers, nor the seal Hold Thee as a mortal: But today amidst the twelve Thou didst stand, bestowing That Thy peace which evermore Passeth human knowing. 5 "Alleluia!" now we cry To our King immortal, Who, triumphant, burst the bars Of the tomb’s dark portal; "Alleluia!" with the Son, God the Father praising, "Alleluia!" yet again To the Spirit raising. Topics: Easter; Freedom; Jesus Christ; Liberation; Opening of Worship; Peace; Resurrection; Salvation Used With Tune: ST. KEVIN

In sickness

Author: Rev. Augustus Montague Toplady (1704-1778) Appears in 303 hymnals Scripture: John 11:3-5 First Line: When languor and disease invade Topics: Afflictions Refuge in; Death Bed of; Heaven Anticipated; Hope Aspirations of; Meditation; Resignation; Sickness Used With Tune: COOLING

Jesus, the name high over all

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 299 hymnals Scripture: John 11 Lyrics: 1 Jesus, the name high over all, in hell, or earth, or sky; angels and mortals prostrate fall, and devils fear and fly, and devils fear and fly. 2 Jesus, the name to sinners dear, the name to sinners giv'n; it scatters all their guilty fear, it turns their hell to heaven, it turns their hell to heaven. 3 Jesus, the pris'ner's fetters breaks, and bruises Satan's head; pow'r into strengthless souls he speaks, and life into the dead, and life into the dead. 4 O, that the world might taste and see the riches of his grace! The arms of love that compass me, hold all the human race, hold all the human race. 5 His only righteousness I show, his saving truth proclaim; 'tis all my business here below to cry, 'Behold the Lamb!' to cry, 'Behold the Lamb!' 6 Happy, if with my latest breath I may but gasp his name; preach him to all, and cry in death: 'Behold, behold the Lamb!' 'Behold, behold the Lamb!' Topics: Easter; Joy, Praise and Thanksgiving; Year A Christ the King Used With Tune: LYDIA

The true Test

Author: John G. Whittier Appears in 262 hymnals Scripture: John 11:35 First Line: We may not climb the heavenly steeps Lyrics: 1 We may not climb the heavenly steeps To bring the Lord Christ down; In vain we search the lowest deeps, For him no depths can drown. 2 But warm, sweet, tender, even yet A present help is he; And faith has yet its Olivet, And love its Galilee. 3 The healing of the seamless dress Is by our beds of pain; We touch him in life's throng and press, And we are whole again. 4 Through him the first fond prayers are said Our lips of childhood frame; The last low whispers of our dead Are burdened with his name. 5 O Lord and Master of us all, Whate'er our name or sign, We own thy sway, we hear thy call, We test our lives by thine! Topics: Christ Character of; Christ Condescension of; Christ Example of; Christ Humanity of; Christ Life on the Earth; Christ Love of; Conformity Used With Tune: SERENITY

O Come to Me, You Weary

Author: William C. Dix Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 247 hymnals Scripture: John 11:25-26 Topics: Comfort and Assurance; Gospel Call and Response; Pain and Suffering; Peace Inner; Year A Lent 5; Year A Proper 9 Used With Tune: MEIRIONYDD

Brethren, We Have Met to Worship

Author: George Askins Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 247 hymnals Scripture: John 11:31-45 Lyrics: 1 Brethren, we have met to worship; sisters, let us praise our God. Will you pray with all your power? Will you hear and preach the word? All is vain unless the Spirit of the holy One comes down. Christians, pray, and holy manna will be showered all around. 2 Kindred, will you come and help us? Moses’ fam’ly aided him. Will you help the trembling mourners who are struggling hard with sin? Tell them all about the Savior. Tell them that he will be found. Christians, pray, and holy manna will be showered all around. 3 Is there here a trembling jailer, seeking grace and filled with fears? Is there here a weeping Mary, pouring forth a flood of tears? Brethren, join your cries to help them; sisters, let your prayers abound! Pray, oh pray, that holy manna will be scattered all around. 4 Let us love our God supremely, let us love each other, too. Let us love and pray for sinners till our God makes all things new. Christ will call us home to heaven, at his table we’ll sit down. Christ will gird himself and serve us with sweet manna all around. Topics: Praying About Prayer; Communion; Community; Discipleship; Praying; Praying About Prayer; Service; Women of the Bible; Worship Used With Tune: HOLY MANNA Text Sources: Social and Camp-Meeting Hymns for the Pious, 1817, alt.